seems like Linux absolutely needs a hostname set. some programs will
use hosts file, some wont. its all over the place. So I need to give
my computer a FQDN it would seem. Even if it is a fake one. i am not
sure what this entails.
Do I just need to put myserver.mydomain.myTop in my hosts file, or are
there a bunch of other files that will require me to enter this same
information? Am I really going to have to run a DNS just to make my
single computer happy?
I just want to run a mailserver locally for IMAP access to 2 other
computers behind my firewall. they will download mail only, no outgoing.
I swear I don't want to learn DNS and BIND just to get a simple local
mailserver going :(
can anyuone point me in the correct direction. A book maybe or FAQ on
how to deal with local intranet domain names?
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Thank you,
"Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard." Ecclesiastes 9:16
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Re: Hosts file ignored ... > any of the entries I have made to the server's hosts file.... > Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.... > I am not running a DNS server on my system. ... > I can ping IP addresses without any problem, both on the LAN and on ... (microsoft.public.windows.server.general)
Re: DNS cache and hosts file ignored ... On occassion I've had DNS resolution fail... Quoting my nice shiny new "Microsoft Windows Server 2003 TCP/IP ... does not ignore the hosts file, but the resolver may not be able to read it! ... At least they are reporting it, though a read only option would be ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)
Re: Cant see out to .co.uk from inside my .local domain (forward l ...Ping cp.xxx.co.uk, same question. ... I found out the ip of my .co.uk so I put this into the hosts file of the ... network only from the server which I changed the hosts file for. ... Indeed is it even a DNS issue. ... (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
Re: Cant see out to .co.uk from inside my .local domain (forward l ... Well I removed the entry from my hosts file and issued a ping command to both ... network only from the server which I changed the hosts file for. ... Indeed is it even a DNS issue. ... (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
Re: Long failover time... ... The routing stack in the host uses it in the following order: lmhosts, hosts, dns and wins. ... is it finds the host IP in the hosts file and no network requests are required. ... And it only effects those hosts you put in the file, hence you only add the cluster Nodes in the file. ... MVP - Windows Server - Clustering ... (microsoft.public.windows.server.clustering)
